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Newspaper
Raleigh Register
Location
Beckley, West Virginia, United States of America
Date
Jan 26, 1954
Page
7
Brooklyn Tommy Jackson of New York stopped Rex Layne of Lewiston Utah in a six round bout. Bobby Dawson of Paris outpointed Yo lande Pompey from Trinidad over ten rounds. Teddy Davis of Hartford outpointed Jose Morell of Puerto Rico. Armand Savoie of Montreal defeated Houston Brown of New York on points.
New York light heavyweight Tom Jackson, a new face in his first main event, stopped Rex Layne at 1 44 of the sixth in Brooklyn after knocking him down twice. The 22-year-old improved to 8-5 with the win, while Layne, worn down and exhausted, hinted at a layoff and a weight issue as he prepared for a planned Feb 22 bout with Clarence Henry in Los Angeles. Jackson, 194 1 2 pounds, showed an orthodox right uppercut style as he wore down a cautious opponent who had once defeated Jersey Joe Walcott and Ezzard Charles.
In the 1953-54 season midpoint, Southern Conference teams posted 32 wins to 39 losses in 71 non conference games. Richmond led with a 9-2 mark, George Washington 5-1, VMI 3-2, and Washington & Lee 3-3, while ACC teams have accounted for 21 of 30 defeats. No conference games were scheduled tonight or last night.
Rbeort discusses golf skill, highlighting driving as the hardest to master and crucial for success alongside putting. He cites Oakmont and the 1947 U S Open winner at St Louis, stressing practice in sand traps and rough to save strokes and improve touring pros' performance.
Philadelphia Sports Writers Association honors Walter Buddy Davis and Babe Didrikson Zaharias as the year’s most courageous athletes. Davis, 1952 Olympic champion and 6 foot 8 inch star, battled polio and later set a 6 ft 11 1 2 in high jump. Zaharias, famed golfer, overcame cancer and surgery to place third at Tam O Shanter after her recovery.
Former heavyweight champ Jack Dempsey urged an elimination tournament to crown a real challenger to Rocky Marciano. Speaking at Great Lakes Naval Training Center he named Charles Valdes and four others as contenders and recalled his own title path via prior eliminations.
Answer 1 cites Charley Jones debut no hitter for Cincinnati in 1892 and Bobo Holloman blanking the A’s in 1953. Answer 2 notes Gene Tunney KO of Georges Carpentier in 15 rounds in New York on July 24, 1924.
Philadelphia local favorite Gil Turner and Pierre Langlois are set for a non televised middleweight bout at about 156 pounds. Turner, 23, has 41 wins in 45 pro fights and hopes for a title shot next summer after losing to Rocky Castellani. Langlois owns 61 wins, 13 losses and 5 draws, with two prior decisions against Castellani.
Beckley College Blue Hawks travel to Philippi to face Alderson-Broaddus Battlers in a State Conference tilt at 8 pm. It starts a three game trek with Mountain State College visiting Parkersburg Saturday. Beckley aims to extend a school scoring record set last season against Woodcountians.
W V 1 A C standings show Tom Surrett as Battlers top scorer behind Miles Witchey. Beckley College star Surrett, now with A B, faces former Beckley foe John Lares of Woodrow Wilson as Alderson-Broaddus aims to raise its 9-4 conference mark. Beckley’s Carl Hartman and a tall lineup led by Stover, Vandall, Cook, Turner, and Collier seek to challenge Rex Pyles’ team at Glen.
Morris Harvey meets Bevo Francis and Rio Grande in Cincinnati Gardens as the top scorer bids to repeat against the 5 6 Huskies in a five game state college cage card. West Virginia Wesleyan beat Glenville 86 86 in a narrow contest while Davis and Elkins Salem Beckley Alderson Broaddus and other fixtures fill the schedule.
Kentucky remains atop the AP college basketball poll at 12-0 with 30 first place votes and 764 points. Duquesne, 15-0, rises to second with 15 first place votes and 707 points, followed by Indiana 12-1 in third. Oklahoma A&M and Western Kentucky tie for fourth with 541 points each. Notre Dame sits sixth. Minnesota and Holy Cross advance in the top ten with several position shifts overall.
A roundup of recent scores includes P. W. Va. high school games with Stonewall Jackson 91 over Dupont 69 and St. Albans 71 over Hurricane 53. College action features Morgantown University 74 over West Union 57 and Georgia Tech beating South Murray State 77 to 66.
Neil Johnston of the Philadelphia Warriors tops the NBA scoring race with 934 points as he nears 1,000. Ed Macauley trails with 826 points while Bob Cousy, Ray Felix, and George Mikan follow, highlighting leaders in field goal percentage as well.
Glenville exited the circuit action with a 4-10 record as Wesleyan’s Bob Chatfield Harp O Toole and Hood each tallied 18 points. Jack Tennant led Glenville with 17 in a competitive showdown.
New York reports a renewed dispute over the major league pension fund as players lawyer J Nor man Lewis demands two thirds of World Series radio and TV earnings be directed to the fund when the 1956 contract ends. He cites a 1951 understanding among 16 club owners, not players, and calls for player involvement in contract negotiations. The issue centers on All-Star receipts and series cash used for pension costs and related expenses.
John Bromwich, 35, defeated 1-6, 1-6, 6-2, 6-3, 6-1 to upset Tony Trabert in the second round. Ken Rosewall reached the quarterfinals with a 6-4, 6-3, 6-1 win over Abe Segal, as Vic Seixas and other Americans advanced.
A vintage advertisement urges husbands and wives to try Ostrex Tonic Tablets claiming to restore vigor and vitality after forty. It highlights iron and vitamins, promises gradual benefits, and offers a small introductory price of 50 cents at druggists.
Oklahoma City University basketball, ranked No. 8, lost to Wyoming 57-38 in Laramie and then to Seattle 79-64 in Seattle. Arnie Short led OCU with 32 in Seattle, while Joe Pehanick scored 24 for Seattle. Other top teams like Oklahoma A&M, Minnesota, and Texas Christian also posted wins as the AP poll shuffled.
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